Collaborative Study for Certification of Trace Elements in Uranium Ore Concentrate CRMs UCLO-1, UCHI-1, and UPER-1
Abstract
Trace impurity patterns are important nuclear forensic signatures in uranium ore concentrates (UOCs) and Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are used to validate the analysis methods employed by end users. Herein, we discuss the certification campaign for three new UOC CRMs from the National Research Council Canada: UCLO-1 (https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2020.uclo-1), UCHI-1 (https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2020.uchi-1), and UPER-1 (https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2020.uper-1). This study involved 15 laboratories from 10 countries, using sector-field and (triple) quadrupole inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry to analyze 64 trace element impurities. We discuss the importance of the acids used for sample digestion, difficulties analyzing in a high uranium matrix, and data combination and uncertainty evaluation for this large dataset.
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- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
- Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON (Canada)
- Queen's Univ., Kingston, ON (Canada)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele (Romania)
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Ottawa, ON (Canada)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW (Australia)
- Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (Japan)
- Radiation Protection Bureau (Canada)
- European Commission (Germany). Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- Saskatchewan Research Council (Canada)
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele (Romania); Univ. of Bucharest, Magurele (Romania)
- Centre for Energy Research (Hungary)
- CBRN Defence and Security (Sweden)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1898355
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-21-21845
Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731; TRN: US2310880
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 331; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; uranium ore concentrate; Certified Reference Materials; trace elements; inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Citation Formats
LeBlanc, Kelly L., Nadeau, Kenny, Meija, Juris, Yang, Lu, Babay, Paola A., Bavio, Marta A., Boome, Carrie, Chipley, Don, Cristaldo Leguizamón, Roxana S., Denton, Joanna S., Drew, Dana L., Fernández, Mauricio A., Fugaru, Viorel, Genetti, Victoria D., Gonzalez, Florencia, Inglis, Jeremy David, Jovanovic, Slobodan, Keegan, Elizabeth, Kell, Tara, Kimura, Yoshiki, Kinman, William Scott, Kiser, Stephen, Lindvall, Rachel E., Loi, Elaine, Mayer, Klaus, Mercier, Jean-Francois, Millar, Robert, Nicholl, Adrian, Orlovskaya, Liana, Ramella, José Luis, Serban, Andreea, Sharp, Michael A., Shi, Youqing, Tóbi, Csaba, Valenzuela, Lautaro, Varga, Zsolt, Vesterlund, Anna, Virgolici, Marian, Yamazaki, Hitoshi, Zubillaga, Erica N., El-Jaby, Ali, and Mester, Zoltán. Collaborative Study for Certification of Trace Elements in Uranium Ore Concentrate CRMs UCLO-1, UCHI-1, and UPER-1. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1007/s10967-022-08446-3.
LeBlanc, Kelly L., Nadeau, Kenny, Meija, Juris, Yang, Lu, Babay, Paola A., Bavio, Marta A., Boome, Carrie, Chipley, Don, Cristaldo Leguizamón, Roxana S., Denton, Joanna S., Drew, Dana L., Fernández, Mauricio A., Fugaru, Viorel, Genetti, Victoria D., Gonzalez, Florencia, Inglis, Jeremy David, Jovanovic, Slobodan, Keegan, Elizabeth, Kell, Tara, Kimura, Yoshiki, Kinman, William Scott, Kiser, Stephen, Lindvall, Rachel E., Loi, Elaine, Mayer, Klaus, Mercier, Jean-Francois, Millar, Robert, Nicholl, Adrian, Orlovskaya, Liana, Ramella, José Luis, Serban, Andreea, Sharp, Michael A., Shi, Youqing, Tóbi, Csaba, Valenzuela, Lautaro, Varga, Zsolt, Vesterlund, Anna, Virgolici, Marian, Yamazaki, Hitoshi, Zubillaga, Erica N., El-Jaby, Ali, & Mester, Zoltán. Collaborative Study for Certification of Trace Elements in Uranium Ore Concentrate CRMs UCLO-1, UCHI-1, and UPER-1. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08446-3
LeBlanc, Kelly L., Nadeau, Kenny, Meija, Juris, Yang, Lu, Babay, Paola A., Bavio, Marta A., Boome, Carrie, Chipley, Don, Cristaldo Leguizamón, Roxana S., Denton, Joanna S., Drew, Dana L., Fernández, Mauricio A., Fugaru, Viorel, Genetti, Victoria D., Gonzalez, Florencia, Inglis, Jeremy David, Jovanovic, Slobodan, Keegan, Elizabeth, Kell, Tara, Kimura, Yoshiki, Kinman, William Scott, Kiser, Stephen, Lindvall, Rachel E., Loi, Elaine, Mayer, Klaus, Mercier, Jean-Francois, Millar, Robert, Nicholl, Adrian, Orlovskaya, Liana, Ramella, José Luis, Serban, Andreea, Sharp, Michael A., Shi, Youqing, Tóbi, Csaba, Valenzuela, Lautaro, Varga, Zsolt, Vesterlund, Anna, Virgolici, Marian, Yamazaki, Hitoshi, Zubillaga, Erica N., El-Jaby, Ali, and Mester, Zoltán. Fri .
"Collaborative Study for Certification of Trace Elements in Uranium Ore Concentrate CRMs UCLO-1, UCHI-1, and UPER-1". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08446-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1898355.
@article{osti_1898355,
title = {Collaborative Study for Certification of Trace Elements in Uranium Ore Concentrate CRMs UCLO-1, UCHI-1, and UPER-1},
author = {LeBlanc, Kelly L. and Nadeau, Kenny and Meija, Juris and Yang, Lu and Babay, Paola A. and Bavio, Marta A. and Boome, Carrie and Chipley, Don and Cristaldo Leguizamón, Roxana S. and Denton, Joanna S. and Drew, Dana L. and Fernández, Mauricio A. and Fugaru, Viorel and Genetti, Victoria D. and Gonzalez, Florencia and Inglis, Jeremy David and Jovanovic, Slobodan and Keegan, Elizabeth and Kell, Tara and Kimura, Yoshiki and Kinman, William Scott and Kiser, Stephen and Lindvall, Rachel E. and Loi, Elaine and Mayer, Klaus and Mercier, Jean-Francois and Millar, Robert and Nicholl, Adrian and Orlovskaya, Liana and Ramella, José Luis and Serban, Andreea and Sharp, Michael A. and Shi, Youqing and Tóbi, Csaba and Valenzuela, Lautaro and Varga, Zsolt and Vesterlund, Anna and Virgolici, Marian and Yamazaki, Hitoshi and Zubillaga, Erica N. and El-Jaby, Ali and Mester, Zoltán},
abstractNote = {Trace impurity patterns are important nuclear forensic signatures in uranium ore concentrates (UOCs) and Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are used to validate the analysis methods employed by end users. Herein, we discuss the certification campaign for three new UOC CRMs from the National Research Council Canada: UCLO-1 (https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2020.uclo-1), UCHI-1 (https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2020.uchi-1), and UPER-1 (https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2020.uper-1). This study involved 15 laboratories from 10 countries, using sector-field and (triple) quadrupole inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry to analyze 64 trace element impurities. We discuss the importance of the acids used for sample digestion, difficulties analyzing in a high uranium matrix, and data combination and uncertainty evaluation for this large dataset.},
doi = {10.1007/s10967-022-08446-3},
journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},
number = 9,
volume = 331,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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